Product Description

This book answers the "how and why" of everything from successful business techniques to dealing safely with legal situations, liabilities, and insurance. It also offers record-keeping methods and a list of horse-related software programs. It shows you how to prepare a professional business plan that will attract investors when you need them, and provides information on depreciation and maximizing tax savings. Detailed charts and graphs make the accounting and taxation section so easy to understand, you'll be giving your CPA advice! A special section includes over 20 sample contracts. You'll use this book as a year-round reference.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #747807 in Books
• Published on: 2003-07
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 415 pages

Review
Equine Research, Inc. has published a book that may prove to be a valuable tool for horsemen. "The Complete Guide for Horse Business Success" is a comprehensive guide covering all aspects of the horse business industry, from insurance and tax information to forms for record keeping. This 288-page book will be a useful tool for anyone just entering the horse business, or those wanting to upgrade their current business practices. -- Quarter Week, June 12, 1995

If you rely on horses for part or all of your income, this book is for you. It walks you through the necessary steps to become a successful horse business owner. Economics, marketing, contracts, liabilities, taxation, insurance, and more are covered in this book. Written by a CPA, this is a must have addition to your library if you are in the horse business to make money. -- The Horse, December 1995

From the Inside Flap
The Complete Guide for Horse Business Success has the facts and the explanations. Unlike many business manuals for the horse industry, this book explains why. This book walks you through the necessary steps in becoming a horse business owner; all the way from finding an investor, to obtaining a business license, to receiving the most tax benefits at the end of the year. In between are hundreds of invaluable tips for making the business a success, such as: 1) the best way to market a horse business, 2) what insurance to carry, 3) buying and selling horses at public sales, 4) distinguishing between employees and independent contractors, 5) accessing pedigrees or performance records using on-line services, 6) record-keeping strategies that prove profit motive to the IRS, and much more!

About the Author
The author is a highly qualified CPA who operates a tax practice with an emphasis on horse businesses. She is also a well-known college professor of equine business principles. As part of her education she earned a Bachelor of Equestrian Education from Salem College and a Riding Master III from Meredith Manor, with an emphasis in Equine Reproduction and Business Management. She also knows how to very successfully run her own farm.

Customer Reviews

complete guide for horse business success by Janet English
This guide provides most of the nesscesary tools and tips to start your own horse business. Providing information that allows one to confidently pursue this venture. This book gave me the confidence to proceed with my business knowing all the facts up front. It allowed me to handle purchases and tax formalities without feeling like I didn't know what I was doing. Great starter book! I have read "starting you own horse business" by Mary Ashby Mcdonald. While her book is informative and gives examples not covered in the previous book, it serves basically to complement other books on this issue.